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Alert Types Explained

Written by Howard Katzenberg

GleanMark organizes alerts into categories. Each type monitors a specific kind of change in the USPTO database. This reference explains what each alert means and when it fires.

Portfolio Mark Alerts

These fire for trademarks in your portfolios.

Prosecution

  • Status change — the mark’s registration status changed (e.g., from “Published for Opposition” to “Registered”)

  • Prosecution events — a new event in the prosecution history (office action issued, response filed, examiner amendment)

  • ITU transition — an intent-to-use application filed a Statement of Use or amendment to allege use

  • Goods/services changed — amendment to the goods and services description

  • Design search codes changed — design code assignment updated

  • Correspondent changed — attorney or correspondent of record updated

Milestones

  • Publication — mark published in the Official Gazette, starting the 30-day opposition window

  • Registration — mark officially registered on the Principal or Supplemental Register

  • Renewal — Section 8/9 renewal declaration filed

  • Cancellation — registration cancelled

  • Abandonment — application or registration abandoned

  • International registration — Madrid Protocol designation accepted by the USPTO

  • International renewal — Madrid Protocol renewal processed

Reclassifications

  • Classification changed — Nice class modification

Owner Changes

  • Assignment — ownership transferred to a new entity

TTAB Activity

  • Proceeding initiated — new opposition or cancellation filed involving your mark

  • Status change — proceeding status updated (suspended, resumed, decided, terminated)

  • Prosecution entry — new document filed in the proceeding

Deadlines

  • 30-day deadline — a deadline is 30 days away

  • 7-day deadline — a deadline is 7 days away

  • Tomorrow — a deadline is tomorrow

  • SOU reminder — Statement of Use filing deadline approaching for an intent-to-use application

  • Renewal — renewal filing deadline approaching

Similar Marks

Potentially conflicting trademark filings detected against marks in your portfolios. This category has been superseded by Watch Searches and no longer appears as a filter chip, but historical alert rows still resolve to it.

Tracked Owner Alerts

These fire for owners you’re monitoring.

  • New application — owner filed a new trademark application

  • Assignment — owner acquired or transferred a mark

  • Info change — owner entity name or address changed

  • Citation alerts — an examiner cited the owner’s mark as a Section 2(d) bar

  • Publication/Registration/Renewal/Cancellation/Abandonment — milestones on the owner’s marks

  • International registration/renewal — Madrid Protocol events

  • TTAB proceeding — owner named in a new proceeding

  • TTAB status change — update on an existing proceeding

Watch Searches

Keyword-based monitoring that fires on new matches. Available on all plans; Free and Starter plans include 1 active watch.

  • New filing — a new application matches your watch query

  • Publication — a matching mark published for opposition

  • Registration — a matching mark registered

  • Abandonment — a matching mark abandoned

  • Cancellation — a matching mark cancelled

Alert Categories in Settings

In Alert Settings, alerts are grouped into toggleable categories:

Category

What It Covers

Prosecution

Office actions, status changes, ITU transitions, prosecution events, goods/services changes, design search code changes, correspondent changes

Milestones

Publication, registration, renewal, cancellation, abandonment

Reclassifications

Nice class updates

Deadlines

30-day, 7-day, tomorrow reminders, SOU reminders, renewal deadlines

TTAB Activity

Proceedings, status changes, entries

Owner Changes

Ownership changes and assignments

Watch Searches

Keyword watch search alerts

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